West Andrews Homicide Attempt Injures Mr Parker
A report from West Andrews says W. J. Parker, a white merchant, was severely injured by a blow from a heavy scantling wielded by Henry Harvey, a Black man. Parker is in critical condition. Deputies pursued Harvey with bloodhounds but he escaped, possibly by hiding in a vehicle.
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J. Parker
West Andrews
W. J. Parker
Henry Harvey
East Andrews
Andrews
Parker
Who is Responsible
The Wall Street Journal notes Goodyear Tire and Rubber of Akron raised capital from 2 million to 6 million with 4 million in common stock and a 12 percent cash dividend. The Des Moines Register argues tariff hikes on rubber goods benefited big profits and accuses Aldrich and Taft of failing party accountability.
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Wall Street Journal
Goodyear ‘Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
Ohio
Des Moines
Republican
Aldrich
William H. ‘Taft
Republican Cape
Bulwer Lytton and the Medium Tale
Bulwer Lytton described his attempts to contact his daughter's spirit through a medium. He noted the medium’s vulgar clientship repelled him. A woman claimed converse with her deceased husband who asked if she were happy. The reply: he was in hell, not heaven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home
Lytton
New York Fortifications Claim Impregnable Ocean Defense
The National News Service reports New York’s waterfront defenses nearing completion will make the city the most impregnable in the world to sea attack. Forts Hancock Wordsworth and Hamilton use disappearing guns and automated gun operations with wires and telephones linking observatory rooms to casements.
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New York
Atlantic Ocean
Long Island Sound
Mrs MKims Cousin Held as Embezzler
B Askew former cashier of Sub Station No 12 Richmond Post Office arrested charged with embezzling 2011 85 from the government she waived examination and held in 1000 bail Developments show the money was not spent on herself and the case involves relatives and a Baltimore businessman impacted by the shortage
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B. Askew
Richmond
Miss Askew
Isaac E.’ Emerson
Baltimore
Joseph E. Hinds
Roy Childrey
Federvernment
Childrey
Smith Hollins McKim
Reno
New York
Liberals Attack Train Carrying Nicaraguan Exiles
In Leon Nicaragua a Liberal mob assaulted a special train carrying former president Cardenas and Conservative leaders. Armed passengers fired back. several passengers were injured but none killed. Gen Richmond Sussaman the acting Nicaraguan consul at New Orleans was among those aboard.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Cardenas
Leon
Estrada
Chamorro Cardenas
Richmond Sussaman
Tew
Orleans
Start in a New Building and Loan Opportunity
Special opportunity invites shares at Gardner and Lacey Lumber Co. office through E. V. Emerson. Apply now for a building and loan plan. Date indicates September 7 with a one month term.
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E. V. Emerson
Gardner & Lacey Lumber Co
Fort Hancock Garrison Seeks 16 Inch Gun Carriage
The article notes the 16 inch gun at Fort Hancock Sandy Hook requires a carriage able to bear its weight. No such carriage exists yet though crews plan to develop one before final Fortifications are completed. Each gun rests on a carriage and foundations costing about $125,000 per piece with the mounting nearly half that again.
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Outer Bay
Fort Hancock
Sandy Hook
Atlantic
London Yard Unearths 16 Infant Bodies in Gruesome Find
A London man William Griffiths found 16 infant corpses buried in his garden and yard after moving into a former undertaker’s house. Coffins were removed and three more bodies, wrapped in brown paper and sawdust, were found. Police investigate whether murder or burial mishap explains the deaths.
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William Griffiths
London
England
Griffiths
Drainage of Wet Lands by Pole Drains Proposed
The article argues for using pole drains as a cheaper interim drainage method over open ditches and tile. Ditches three feet deep drain about 50 feet per side, with green pine poles laid along the bottom and covered lightly, then earth filled back. Such drains require no material cost, can last decades, and may pay for themselves before being replaced by tile.
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D. N. Barrow
Raleigh
N. C
Progressive Farmer and Gazette
Crane's Box Line Featured at Georgetown Drug Event
A handsome line of Crane's Box one at The Georgetown Drug was showcased on August 25, highlighting a local product display and attracting attention from shoppers and collectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Lookout for Hurricane Heads Toward Atlantic
A West Indian hurricane moves toward the North Atlantic threatening European steamship lanes. Wireless warnings were sent to Atlantic coast stations to alert captains as the storm tracks north northeast. A second disturbance appears east of the Windward Islands with unclear size.
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Washington
North Atlantic
Tropics
Atlantic
Weather Bureau
West Indies
Windward Islands
What the Kidneys Do and Catarrh Treatments
An article describes kidney function noting the blood passes through the kidneys every three minutes and that healthy kidneys remove impurities. It cites Miss Pollie Vause praising Dean's Kidney Pills and promotes Foster-Milburn Co as US agents. A second section touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy with a $100 reward for failure to cure and requests for circulars.
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Pollie Vause
Logan St
Kingstree
S. C
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Otto
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Uncle Sam
the National News Service of
Hancock
Wordsworth
Hamilton
Long Beach
Signal Corps
MacVeagh
Treasury
Wickersham
Narrows
Ecutes
Ass Yard
Londoner
Atlantic Coast
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